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2 <br /> <br />5. “Emergency Events” means any Emergency incident in which an Agency may be <br />called upon by a Dispatcher to provide Assistance within the scope of the Agency’s <br />service capabilities as determined by the respective member Cities and communicated <br />in writing to the Emergency Communications Center. <br /> <br />6. “President” means the president of the Ramsey County Fire Chiefs Association. <br /> <br />7. “Protection Area” means the area within the Cities of Vadnais Heights, Fridley, Saint <br />Paul, Roseville, Little Canada, Maplewood, Saint Anthony, Falcon Heights, North <br />Saint Paul, North Oaks, Shoreview, Arden Hills, Lauderdale, New Brighton, and any <br />additional city or town that joins this Agreement as provided herein. <br /> <br />8. “Requesting Party” means a Party which requests assistance from another Party to <br />this Agreement and each such responding Party is considered a Sending Party. <br /> <br />9. “Sending Party” means a Party called upon to provide Assistance to another Party and <br />which actually provides Assistance to the Requesting Party. <br /> <br />10. “Specialized Activities” means the provision of non-emergency assistance including, <br />but not limited to, training of personnel and associated equipment and facilities. <br /> <br />II. AUTHORIZATION <br /> <br />Each of the Cities participating in this Agreement hereby authorize their respective fire <br />Agencies to respond to and receive automatic mutual aid services pursuant to the terms of <br />this Agreement and to otherwise take such actions as are needed to provide and receive <br />Assistance as provided herein. <br /> <br />III. TERM AND TERMINATION <br /> <br />This Agreement shall be effective as of the date first written above and shall be ongoing <br />until terminated as provided herein. Each City shall act by resolution to adopt this <br />Agreement and shall forward a fully executed copy of its resolution and a signed original <br />of this Agreement to the President of the Ramsey County Fire Chiefs Association. <br /> <br />Any Party may act by resolution to opt out of its participation in this Agreement. No <br />such resolution shall be effective until the Party provides at least 60 days’ written notice <br />of termination to the President, the applicable County Emergency Communications <br />Center, and each of the other Parties. The resolution must indicate the date of withdrawal <br />from this Agreement, which must be sufficiently in the future to allow for the 60 day <br />notice. The notice shall include a fully executed copy of the termination resolution. <br /> <br />IV. AUTOMATIC MUTUAL AID PROCEDURE <br /> <br />1. Whenever a Party to this Agreement receives a call for Assistance for an Emergency <br />Event occurring within its jurisdictional boundaries, that call will automatically be